►FR◄ Custom system messages

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Hi Support,

We really need a complet messaging system in order to inform users about some actions in the system.
For example, I have many calls from users when the "Session has timed out" message appears. It would be nice to inform users " Your session has ended. Please refresh your browser and login again in the system".

Bruce's propsal here is still actual: https://forum.awareim.com/d/8361/9&hilit=session+timed+out#p36192

Thank you

BenHayat

I think the next version of Aware should be primarily concentrated on the Configurator/IDE to bring it up to the 21th century. The IDE needs a major facelift.

kklosson

Ben,
I don't agree about the priority for facelifting, and I know nothing of what it would take. But I do see Java applications with more elegant UIs. Burp Suite is a good example and there is a screenshot below. I don't know if one can just implement a new UI library or what. I do know that when AwareIM implemented the Kendo UI, I had to evaluate and adjust every screen in my app. When I first started using AwareIM, I was a bit shocked by how primitive the UI was in appearance. And I do believe there was a simple upgrade at one time. But I got over that pretty quickly. That said, a facelift might be helpful for sales and adoption of the product which benefits everyone.

BenHayat

kklosson wrote
Ben,
I don't agree about the priority for facelifting,

I understand you don't agree with "the priority for face lifting" but I'm not sure what you're proposing.

If you're proposing to change the Kendo library to another library, I'll guarantee you that ain't gonna happen anytime real soon. 😃

kklosson

No sorry, I'm just saying for Vlad to put a new skin over the Config tool might be easy, might be real hard. I dunno. And I provided an example of how a Java application can potentially look.

BenHayat

kklosson wrote
No sorry, I'm just saying for Vlad to put a new skin over the Config tool might be easy, might be real hard. I dunno. And I provided an example of how a Java application can potentially look.

Now, I understand! 🙂

BLOMASKY

While I agree, an upgrade to the config tool, will make me more efficient, (a little more efficient), That does NOT help me sell customers. if the engineers were listening to me, I would ask for enhanced functionality like:

Better Messaging to End Users.
Updating the Inline-editing functionality
More control over mouse, where the user clicks, etc.
Allowing the developers (US!) more control over the KENDU Controls

yea, the UI is less than state of the art, but I can still develop pretty damn good systems with it.

Bruce

Markfre1

To address the original comment in the thread regarding the timeout message; I have used AIM to do extensive mobile apps, through Phonegap. One test app is a list app which I created for myself and family for shopping. We all go through the picklist on our phones and select the items we are buying. Then by the time the person gets to the store, and they go to mark what they buy, it say's 'session time out'. So everything is non-functioning except the 'Logout' button. Now I implemented the auto login, so the user never needs to login after the first time. However, if the session is timed out, and the user hits the logoff button (which they don't know they have to do that), it would bring them to the login screen, auto re-populated, and then just hit login and they are back in.

So what I would like are two possibilities. One, if the session times out (or is about to), to automatically log the user out which would leave them on the login screen and they just hit login. (actually it would be even better, since the login is auto populated, to auto reblog them in). The second option would be to be able to change the message to say 'Session expired, please log out and re-login' or something to that effect.

This is very important because an end user would not know to click the menu to log out since everything seems dead and they would think they have to close the program, start it up, etc. and it then becomes user unfriendly.

I also have a time app when a user gets to a job. When they want to mark lunch, done for the day, etc. Same problem. Most mobile apps you login once and it remembers which AIM does allow you to do through phonegap. Simplicity. But the 'session time out' without the user knowing what to do, ruins the ease of use. Hopefully support will address this seemingly minor but important issue.

Mark F.